IntroductionSecret Files 3 is, naturally, the third installment of the series that began with
Secret Files: Tunguska (2006), and continued with
Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis (2009). Like its
predecessors, it features amazing graphics, a gripping story, and MacGyver-like puzzles.

Tips
To examine any item that exhibits an 'eye' icon, just right-click on it to receive a description.
Likewise, items that you can interact with (or combine) will exhibit a 'hand' icon. It's that
simple.

If you don't like hunting for miniscule hotspots, then the designers had you in mind. Either
hold down the space bar (or use the magnifying glass icon in the inventory) to see all items
that you can interact with, and all room exits, highlighted!

As this is an inventory based adventure, remember to try every object on every other object
when you get stuck. Sometimes even the most unlikely objects will work together. And I do mean
unlikely!

Throughout the course of the game, be sure to keep a close eye on your journal. It documents
important events that have occurred, and discoveries you have made. You can even use it to get
spoilers for the non-inventory (abstract) puzzles.

Conventions
The game capitalises the first word of objects, and puts the rest in lower case. Example: 'Glass
of water'. While this works fine in the context of the game, it's difficult to distinguish
objects this way in a walkthrough, so... I took the liberty of capitalising each word, thus:
Glass Of Water.

Whenever an important object appears in your inventory or a scene for the first time, I put
an invisible marker for it there in the walkthrough. Then, later on when you need to use this
object, I provide a link back to where you were supposed to have obtained/seen it. That way, you
can just nick into the walkthrough and read small excerpts of it when you are genuinely stuck,
without having to spoil your whole game by reading the walkthrough from the very start, scanning
for a particular object.

Sometimes I guide you via compass directions. In this case, the simple directions will be
written out, like: east. But the longer ones I've used shorthand for, like: NE for northeast, or
SW for southwest.

Alexandria, Egypt
The game starts off in Alexandria, when Julius Caesar sacked the city in 48BC. As Plutarch wrote:

...when the enemy endeavored to cut off his communication by sea, he was forced to divert
that danger by setting fire to his own ships, which, after burning the docks, thence spread on and
destroyed the great library. --Plutarch, Life of Caesar

However, Secret Files 3 provides its own version of these events, whereby you begin by
playing a shady character named Menis Ra, who has been paid in gold by two other even shadier
characters to destroy a specific set of papyrus scrolls in the great library. You start off with the
following in inventory: a Map of the library, a Bag
Of Gold, Incendiary Agents, a Rope, and a
Grappling Hook. The first order of business is to scale the library wall.
Using the Cracks in the wall to climb upwards, the most you can move from your current position is
one diagonal. So bearing that in mind, the way up is first staight up, then bear right a bit, then
work your way towards the centre again, then go all the way diagonally left to get to the top
(Wall's Edge). You wind up hiding in the shadows next to a Stables. There is a Guard here that you
must get past. Take the Leather Bag from the Stables wall, and use it on
the Snake to obtain a Snake In Bag. Use this object on the Window of the
Stables, and the Guard goes to investigate when the horses kick up a fuss. Menis Ra then makes his
way through the Door that the Guard has vacated.

Now you are in the library, but there are some more Guards here unexpectedly. Use the Beam above
you to climb up onto it. Some of the beams are rotten, and you can't head directly east, for instance.
So... go south first, then east, then all the way north and take the Banner there, which becomes a
Linen Cloth in inventory. On the other side of the beams, head all the way
south, then east, and you come to a Window above a Door. Combine the Rope with
the Grappling Hook to obtain a Rope
With Grappling Hook. You can't use this object directly on the Window, as it will alert the Guards.
So combine the Linen Cloth with it to obtain a
Rope With Muffled Grappling Hook, and use this on the
Window. Now you are in the chamber next to the main reading room which contains the scrolls you are
meant to destroy. Just have a look at the Clay Pots, and Menis Ra does the rest. A single Clay Pot
survives the resulting conflagration by making its way into the sewers below...

Finistère, France
After the opening credits, you gain control of Nina on her wedding day. But this is most obviously a
very bad dream. In any case, Nina must work her way out of it. Hmm. A robed figure just walked through
the Tapestry on the wall. Take the Robe and Clothes
Hanger from the column to the east. Take the Chalice from the Baptismal Font,
then use it on the Font to obtain a Chalice With Water. Use the Chalice
With Water on the Burning Shelves to put this section of the fire out. Then you can access the Ruined
Shelves to obtain a Shelf. Next, pick up the Mop next to the
Statue. Use the Mop on the Flames to create a Burning Mop, then use this item on the Tapestry to get
rid of it. A Tower with an Opening in it high above the floor is revealed. Use the
Clothes Hanger on the Wall Joint to the left of the Statue to scrape away
some of the mortar. Then you can use the Shelf on the Wide Wall Joint to create a
way for Nina to climb up onto the Statue. It was at this point that I chose the difficult version of
this puzzle (hey, you have this walkthrough to help you, right? :-) You need to rock the Statue back
and forth to get it to topple over to Nina's left. To do this, Lean Left first. Just as the Statue is
all the way to the left, Lean Right. Then just as the Statue is all the way to the right, Lean Left.
And finally, wait for the Statue to go all the way to the left, and Lean Right once more. The Statue
topples over and Nina is able to escape through the Opening. She wakes up as the dream ends very badly
indeed. And then things get pretty bad in the waking world as three paramilitary types break into the
apartment and take Max away.

Berlin, Germany
Before Max was hauled away, he mentioned something about Australia, where he and Nina were supposed to
go on their honeymoon in a few days' time. So we need to look for something in Max's apartment that is
related to Australia. Pick up Max's Backpack, to the left of the Bookshelf.
Examine it, and you find a Book about Australia. Examine the Book, and you
find four little Flags inside it. Nina also notices that chapters 3, 7, 10, and 15
are missing from the Book. If you examine the Table of Contents from the Book, you will see that these
correspond to the cities Adelaide, Brisbane, Broome, and Hobart. Take the Passage into Max's bedroom,
and examine the Map on the wall. Place a Flag on each of these cities and... a
secret compartment opens up in the floor. It only contains two Keys. One is labelled
'Museum, office', and the other one is unmarked. So Nina heads to the Museum to have a look around
Max's office.

In Max's office, examine the Picture of the volcano on the wall. Nina notices that there's a small
crack running down the centre, and that it's mounted on metal rails. A safe! But how to open it? Hmm.
There's an Air Conditioner on the wall next to the Aquarium, but there is no way you can manually turn
it on. Take the Stucco Tool that is on top of the two crates and use it on the
Refrigerator. You obtain an Ice-cold Tool. Use this object on the Air Conditioner to fool it into
switching on. Now... there are five other objects in here that you can switch on: the Aquarium, a Desk
Lamp, a Radio, a Model, and a Lava Lamp. You have to experiment a bit, but it turns out that having the
Air Conditioner on, and *only* the Aquarium and the Lava Lamp as well, is the combination to the safe!
In some Documents that are stashed there, Nina finds a photo of a stone relief
that looks exactly like the amulets the sect members that gave the job to Menis Ra in Alexandria were
wearing (and also, the same as those worn by the sect members in Secret Files: Tunguska). Wow.
This mysterious sect is at least 11,000 years old. Nina also retrieves a Cell
Phone from the safe. But she can't use it until we figure out what the 4-digit PIN is. Use the unmarked
Key on the Drawer of the Desk to open it. Take the City Map,
the Photos, and the Book from the Drawer. Scrawled
on the bottom of the Drawer, you find the 4-digit PIN for the Cell Phone: 0504.
All that Nina finds on the Cell Phone is a distressing message from Max's Turkish colleague, Emre. Nina
decides to head for Turkey...

Potbelly Hill, Turkey
Nina arrives at the Potbelly Hill dig site in a middle of the night, in a rented car. All she has now in
her inventory is the Cell Phone containing Emre's message. Take the
Chain that is blocking the entrance to the site, and then head east along the path.
You can recover a Bike Wheel Spoke from a Trashcan next to one of the
port-a-cabins. Neither cabin is accessible, but you can see through the Window in each one, and one was
used to store equipment, while the other was an office. Using the Bike Wheel
Spoke, you can recover some Shreds Of Paper from the Gap underneath one
of the cabin doors. By picking up the Shreds one by one, and using the Rotate button at the top of the
screen, you can re-assemble them into (most of) a Fax from Emre. He thinks the temple
complex was buried on purpose some 10,000 years ago, and has also discovered that the crops in the
immediate vicinity of the temple complex had failed at that time, for an undetermined reason. Combine
the Cell Phone with the Fax, and Nina calls Emre. Hmm. It's
complicated. Emre was trapped in the dig site because of that earthquake, and he can't reach the
elevator to get out. And... he's the only one with the key to the elevator (located in area 'C'), which
is the only way Nina can get in to help him. You will have to drill through the ceiling of the room he's
trapped in so he can pass the key to you. After getting off the phone, Nina goes to Emre's Jeep to get
his Excavation Site Map. Now you can finally take the To The Excavation
Site path :-)

You can't actually walk around the whole place. You have to use the
Excavation Site Map to get into each Lot. First, access the Cell Phone
to look at the video that Emre sent you as an MMS. Well, the first place I chose completely by chance was
Lot E. And this looks promising as the place to drill, because there is a Puddle of Oil there that has
spilled from a Pump, and Emre mentioned on the call that it smelled like oil where he was. Also, there is
a Tree there which is most likely the source of the roots Emre is seeing. Now we just have to find a
drill. That's in Lot D (access it, and it now appears as a Rock Drill in your
inventory). But before we can begin to drill, Nina has to convince herself that Lot E is the right place.
Use the blue icons in your inventory that you obtained from watching Emre's video on the various objects
above ground, and Lot E matches on 3 out of 6: the tree roots, the oil smell, and the engine sound from
the Pump. Nina agrees that this is the most likely place, and now you can use the
Rock Drill in your inventory on the Rock Slab there. Then use the
Chain on the resulting Drill Hole to enable Emre to pass you the
Key. Before you head to Lot C for the elevator, go to Lot B and gather some
Red Earth to the NE in that scene. It appears as a Clod Of Dirt in inventory.
Then you can head to Lot C and use the Key that Emre gave you to access the Elevator.

At the bottom of the Elevator, you find a mining Helmet and a locked
Wooden Crate (which becomes a Wooden Box in inventory). Press the Button to send
the Elevator to the top, put the Wooden Box in the Elevator shaft, then press the Button once more to
call the Elevator. From the Smashed Wooden Crate, you recover: a Hammer, a
Pipe Wrench, and an empty Plastic Bottle. Follow the
Tunnel, and you come to a Ruined Bridge. Have a look at the Crevice in the ceiling above. The crack goes
all the way to the surface. Use the Pipe Wrench on the Clod Of Dirt to turn it
into Fine, Red Sand. Then use the Pipe Wrench on the Pressure Gun to unscrew it
from the Hose, and fill the Pressure Gun with the Fine, Red Sand. Use the Pressure Gun With Paint on the
Hose to re-assemble it, then put the Pressure Gun in the Crevice and turn on the High Pressure Cleaner.
Now if you take the Elevator back up again, you'll find a Color Marking in Lot D. Combine the Hammer with
the Chain and use this item on the Color Marking. Now head back down below, and use the Chain to have
Nina swing over the chasm, where Emre comes to meet her.

What follows next is a strange, abstract puzzle. Nina and Emre must take turns advancing onto a 4 x 4
grid of animal drawings. The only clue as to which animal tile to step on next is that Emre mentions some
of the animals are incorrectly drawn (these are all on the outside of the grid). So, the algorithm I
eventually decided on was: choose the incorrectly drawn animal closest to you, and step on that tile
next. So here is what I did to solve the puzzle:

Nina notices that the Ox just to her right is incorrectly drawn (missing horn), so move one step
forward onto the Ox in the grid.

Emre sees that the Tiger directly across from him on the other side of the grid is incorrectly drawn
(two tails), so move one step forward onto the Tiger in the grid.

Nina sees that the Ibis to her left is incorrectly drawn (extra wing), so move one step forward onto
the Ibis.

The Fox outside the grid to Emre's left is incorrectly drawn (extra ears), so Emre moves one step
forward onto the Fox.

Nina notices that the Wild Boar directly across from her on the other side of the grid is incorrectly
drawn (extra leg), so move one step to the right onto the Wild Boar.

Emre sees that the Lizard to the NW is incorrectly drawn (extra set of legs), so move one step
forward onto the Lizard.

Now Nina could move onto the Grasshopper just in front of her, but this would not be a good idea as
Emre would have no place available to move next. So she notices that the Dragonfly is incorrectly drawn
(extra set of wings), and moves diagonally to her left onto the Dragonfly.

The Grasshopper is incorrectly drawn (extra set of legs), so Emre moves one step to his right onto
the Grasshopper, and...

...the Gate with the large relief on it opens, revealing an ancient Cistern. Emre wants to lower his
Geiger Counter down into the Cistern to take some readings before venturing in. So use the Knife in his
inventory to cut the Roots at the edge of the Cistern, then combine the Roots with
the Geiger Counter, and use this object on the Cistern to obtain a reading. Emre has detected
radioactivity, after 10,000 years! This could explain why the crops in the local area failed all that
time ago. Now Emre and Nina have to flee the dig site as people are after them. They are pursued by a
car, Emre is shot, but Nina manages to grab the wheel and knock their pursuers off the road. But not long
afterwards, Nina and Emre also plunge off the road. Nina comes to, hanging upside down. Emre is no longer
in the car. Use the Light Switch near Nina's hands to turn on the car's overhead light. Her Safety Belt
is located just above Nina's chin, but the latch is stuck, so we need to figure out a way to cut her
free. From the Sunshade by Nina's right hand, you can recover a Comb and a
Parking Disc. Use the Comb to pick the lock on the Glove Compartment. It
contains a Folding Rule. Use the Folding Rule to retrieve the Lunch Box. It
contains a bread Knife, which is somehow sharp enough to saw through a seatbelt?
Ah, well, Nina is free now. The Lunch Box also contained a Fork and a sandwich
(Bread With Meat in inventory). Take the Metal Box and
examine it. It contains Emre's Notes, and Max's Roughbook
(rugged laptop for field use). Look at Emre's Notes first. Nothing of much interest there. Then turn on
the Roughbook, and a menu comes up. Select Email. The very first e-mail is from a 'cicero63', an art
restorer of actual name Michael Anderson, who Max had an appointment with in San Francisco the day after
tomorrow. Nina decides to keep that appointment...

Florence, Italy
On the Flight to San Francisco, Nina is reading Max's notes concerning an Arabian merchant whose sons
discovered the amphora that made its escape from the library of Alexandria at the start of the game. His
brother, one An-Nasir, decides to take the amphora to Florence to see if he can get a good price for it
there. Nina falls asleep and begins to dream about the events in Florence that must have transpired in
the 1400's. An-Nasir is led away by city watch types just after he handed off the amphora to a runner boy
for another merchant. Now Nina must discover where the amphora went. You can't gain entrance immediately
to where An-Nasir is being held, so head back to the Marketplace. Take the Wooden
Wedge from under the front wheel of the Cart, and it rolls forward. Now you can access the Sack on the
Wooden Platform above it, from which you procure some Salt. Climb back down and use the
Salt on the Wooden Wheel to thaw the ice that is preventing you from turning it, then
turn the Wooden Wheel to lower the Hoist. Now you can get to the Balcony above, and just barely reach the
Sword that is in the Statue's left hand. Use the Sword on the Cargo and although the
crates and barrels are empty, you now have the Net that was holding them. Return to the
alleyway and use the Sword on the Barrels there. Nina cuts the rope holding them, and one of the Barrels
rolls over and breaks a basement window. One of the guards comes out to investigate, and Nina sneaks in to
where An-Nasir is being questioned. OK, no time to waste.

Take the Torture Devices from the shelf next to the cell, and Nina acquires: an
Iron Mask, a Poker, and a Mouth
Spreader. Head back outside and use the Sword to cut a hole in the cloth that is
patching up the basement Window. It gets cold inside again, and one of the guards lights a fire. While
you're outside, use the Net on the two Hooks above and to the left of the Door, and
have Nina climb onto the Roof. Use some Salt on the Clothes Line to thaw the knot,
and this end swings down to the street. Now climb back down and use the Sword to retrieve as much of the
Clothes Line as possible. Now tie the Clothes Line to the
Poker to obtain a Poker With Clothes Line. Use
the Mouth Spreader on the little herb Shop to prise open a corner of it, and
Nina is able to retrieve some Henbane, some Lavender, and some Chamomile Blossoms
from the opening. Hmm. It seems Henbane is a strong narcotic. Head back up to the Roof, and use the
Poker With Clothes Line on the Chimney. Now use the Chimney, and Nina
climbs up to it. Use the Henbane on the Chimney. Then head back inside, making
sure to separate the Poker from the Clothes Line on the way down. Sure enough, the Guards are out cold :-)
Take some Ashes from the Ash Pan under the Fireplace. Put the
Wooden Wedge into the Recess just in front of the Cell Door. Then when you use
the Poker with the Cell Door, Nina uses the Wooden Wedge as a fulcrum to lift the Cell Door off its hinges.

Unfortunately, An-Nasir got knocked out along with the Guards, so we'll need to find a way to revive
him. Take the Wooden Bucket from the cell, head outside, and use it on one of
the piles of Snow to fill it. Once you head back inside, the snow turns to water and you have a
Wooden Bucket With Water. Use this item on An-Nasir to wake him. He
dashes up the Narrow Alleyway too quickly for Nina to follow him, but at least you have access the the
Narrow Alleyway now. Nina can't figure out which of the three Passages he took, and wishes she could have
another chance. Her wish is granted, and the dream is reset, with An-Nasir unconscious on the cell floor
once more. Now we need to figure out a way to follow him before we try the bucket of water trick again.
So head back to the Narrow Alleyway, and you can recover a Potato and a Head Of Cabbage from the Trash on
the Bench there. But these don't do you much good... except, that you can use these to figure out that
the Iron Mask can be baited to attract an animal. But not with veggies. Hmm.
There's a fishmonger sign right there in the alley. Also, there's a sign that says: "No street musicians
after nightfall." Use the Cell Phone on this sign to play one of Max's annoying ringtones, and the angry
fishmonger above dumps some Fish Offal on the Bench. This item becomes Fish Guts
in inventory once you pick it up. Go to the Marketplace next. Use the Fish Guts on the
Iron Mask to bait it, then use this item on the Cat and you now have a
Captured Cat. Head back to the cell and stash some of the Fish Guts on An-Nasir
so that the Cat can follow his trail. OK, time for the bucket of water trick to wake up An-Nasir again
and... darn! This time, by using the Captured Cat on one of the Passages, you
manage to determine that he went through the middle passage in the Narrow Alleyway, but there are three
new Passages he could have taken in the next alleyway.

Once you get control back again, go to the second alleyway and take the Ladder.
Then use the Wooden Bucket With Water on the Hollow in the ground
there. Nina waits for the patch to ice over. Bucket of water trick on An-Nasir once more, and this time
the ice slows him down just enough so that Nina can see he took the right-hand Passage from the second
alleyway. In the next alleyway, there are three Gates. Use the Ashes on one of the
Gates, and Nina dusts the handles of all three. This time, he takes the left-hand Gate. Head back through
this Gate when you regain control, and use the Ladder on the Porch on the other side of the bridge. Climb
up there, and Nina brushes all the snow from it onto the ground so we can track his Footprints through
here next time. On this final run, he goes over the bridge and to the right. Walk along to the Right Exit
and you discover that he has sold the amphora to none other than Leonardo da Vinci! Now we need to find
the Cylinder that Leonardo uses to remember things, and decode it to determine the whereabouts of the
amphora.

OK, so we're in Leonardo's workshop. Take the Jack, and also the Tool from the
bowl, which turns out to be a Lighter. Take the Book from
the small table on the left-hand side of the Door (it's a Chronicle of the Medici family), and the
Walking Stick from the large pot there. Also take the
Paint Pot next to the empty Canvas. Use the Lighter on the
Oil Lamp at the front of the Vehicle to cast some light on the large Scales at the back of the workshop.
You are able to determine that there is a Catch (accessed through a small hole) preventing the Scales
from moving, and we can't get at this Catch with any of the items currently in our inventory. Examine
the Walking Stick. There are some cryptic symbols carved on it. Combine
the Paint Pot with the Walking Stick and use it on
the Canvas. The carvings from the Walking Stick have been transferred to the Canvas, and now you have a
code table where every character of the alphabet is represented by a cryptic
symbol. Use the Jack on the Vehicle to point the headlamp upwards. Now if you look at the Left Arm Of
The Scales, you can see there is a box up there with a cylinder inside it. This must be the item we are
searching for. Also, the Vehicle's elevated headlamp has revealed some Chisels
hanging on the wall. Sure enough, one of these fits into the hole in the Right Arm Of The Scales and
undoes the catch. Now the Left Arm Of The Scales swings down, and you can take the
Mechanical Cylinder from it. Hmm. The Cylinder has the names of
Italian cities on it: Verona, Roma, Catania, Chieti, and Sondrio. If you looked at the Master
Craftsmen Diploma on the wall above the Door, you will have noted that da Vinci's teacher's name was
Verrocchio. Sure enough, if you turn the 5 wheels on the Cylinder so that they line up like this:

VER RO C CH IO

The Cylinder opens to produce a Diary Page.
Now you can use the Diary Page on the Canvas to decipher the code and obtain a
Deciphered Diary Page. It appears that da Vinci hid Archimedes' scroll
in a painting that has something to do with 'The Magnificent'. Now use the
Deciphered Diary Page on the Chronicle to
discover that Lorenzo de' Medici was known as 'The Magnificent'. Oops. That would be the Lorenzo de'
Medici that just came to collect this very painting! Just then, Nina's dream ends.

San Francisco, USA
Nina arrives at the Palace of Fine Arts only to discover that there has been a fire, and the art
restorer she had an appointment with, Michael Anderson, is missing. Hmm. We need to get into the museum,
but it looks like we'll have to get rid of the Officer in the Patrol Car first. Pick up the
Empty Bottle from the kerb behind the Patrol Car, and the
Magazine from the footpath beside the bench. Also, take the
Piece Of Glass from the ground beside the Kiosk. Talk to the Shopman in the
Kiosk, and all you manage to come away with is a carton of Iced Tea. But that'll
do nicely. Use the Piece Of Glass to cut a whiskey bottle
Label from the Magazine. Put the Label in the kerb Puddle to
moisten it, then stick it to the Empty Bottle to create an Empty Whiskey
Bottle. Finally, fill this with Iced Tea, and you now have a pretty convincing
fake bottle of whiskey :-) Go talk to the Officer in the Patrol Car and, of course, select:

May I ask you something about buying alcohol?

And then:

Now about buying alcohol again.

Then use the fake bottle of whiskey on the Display of the Kiosk, and Nina hides it there. Go talk to
the Officer once more, and: Report a violation of the ban on selling alcohol. That keeps the Officer
occupied for a while so Nina can get to the museum. I thought that getting into the museum would
involve solving another puzzle, but no, you can just walk right in. First, head Upstairs. You can't get
into the burned-out room directly because the Door is wrecked, but if you head out the Window just to
the right of the Door, Nina gets onto the ledge outside. Just access the other Window there, and now
you're in the burned-out room. Pick up the Watering Can and the
Frame Of Glasses. You are somehow allowed to pick the lock on the Drawer
with the Frame Of Glasses to obtain a Keycard. Done here now. Head back out the
Window, and go all the way Downstairs once you get back inside.

Once you are Downstairs in the museum, access the Fuse Box. Both the Lights and the Power are
off, and the Keycard can't be scanned without power. Hmm. OK... now that the good Officer is gone,
time to go ransack the Trunk of his Patrol Car. You recover a Can With
Diesel and a Bolt Cutter. Use the Bolt Cutter on the utility shed to the
right of the museum to cut open the padlock on the Metal Door. Then use the
Can With Diesel on the Watering Can, and use
that item to fuel the Emergency Generator. Then you can turn it on, and head back Downstairs.

Use the Keycard on the Door and... whoa. It's dark in here. Exit the dark room and access the Fuse
Box once again. Make sure the Power is OFF and the Lights are ON. Then head back inside. Take the Lamp
from the shelf to your left, then walk forward a few steps and plug it into the Socket. Head back
outside to the Fuse Box, and switch the power back over to the Sockets. Now with the aid of the Lamp,
you can see. Head forward a few steps and access the Computer. Click on the titles above the form boxes
to get drop-down menus. We're obviously looking for: Leonardo da Vinci, Madonna Benois, 1477. Nina goes
inside the archives to retrieve the Painting. Now use it on the X-Ray Machine and... use Nina's Cell
Phone to scan the QR code that is left on the Computer. Something about Alcatraz, and Cassandra. Nina
heads to Alcatraz, but gets locked in upon her arrival.

Once inside Alcatraz, access the Showcase to obtain a Clothes Hanger.
Then head for the Open Cell. Take the Mug from the Shelves on Nina's left, and some
Bricks from the floor. Look out the Window. That Outbuilding across the Courtyard,
with the replica of the da Vinci 'Vitruvian Man' drawing scrawled on it, is where we have to get to.
Against all expectations, use the Mug on the Toilet to obtain a
Mug With Water. Use this object on the Air Conditioning above the entrance
door to short out the power. Then you can use the Bolt Cutter to take the
Cable that is running up the wall next to the Showcase. Back in the Open Cell, take
the Blanket from the cot, and combine it with the Bricks to obtain a
Blanket With Bricks. Combine the Cable with the
Blanket With Bricks to obtain a Sack Of Bricks. Look out the cell
Window, then use this item on the Window. Nina does the necessary to transfer it all outside. Then
use the Sack of Bricks on the Courtyard below to break the bars. Access the Window once more, and Nina
climbs out onto the ledge. Now you can use the Clothes Hanger on the
Cable there to slide down to the Outbuilding.

Aha. It's a hacker that is helping Nina. But he (or she) doesn't have control of the Combat Robot
(called 'Murphy') that has just appeared. Go through the Door to Nina's left. There's a partially
assembled Combat Robot there. Pick it up. From the Scrap Heap all the way to the right, you recover:
a Taser, a Flame Thrower, a Buzz
Saw, and a Drill. Equip the bot with your weapon of choice, head back out, and
use your Combat Robot on Murphy. On any combat run, you can choose from top or bottom attack and
defense. You can also choose to have your bot lay a limpet mine. It's all random, and you get as many
tries as you need to defeat Murphy. Once you do, you get to meet 'Cassandra'. When it comes to a
choice of how to get out of there, it doesn't matter which one you choose. But the most altruistic
choice, if you're inclined to feel better that way, is: Okay, I'll try to gain her some more time.

Aircraft Carrier
It's dark in here. Pick up the Green Light, and now you have a can of Spray Paint For Marking. Use
this item on the Keycard, then use the Keycard on the Ventilation Cover to get a Luminescent Keycard
that lights up the room a bit. Now you can take the Broken Cell Phone,
a Plastic Cup, and the Threaded Bar that is next
to the bolted Door on the other side of this shipping container. Use the
Threaded Bar on the Ventilation Cover to remove it, and you can escape
through the Opening. Take the Clipboard at the far left of the screen, and
the Scanner next to it. Then examine the Clipboard. Nina says:

The codes for the present routes are: orange is discharged here in Cádiz.
Magenta goes to Le Havre, white is unloaded in Rotterdam, and cyan stays on board.

We know that Max is being held at their 'headquarters', and that is also where a spare part is
destined, but we don't know where that is. Hmm. That orange Container at the end with the white
marker is the only one bound for Rotterdam. So that is most likely the one containing the spare part.
But its door is blocked by the Container with the magenta marking to its left. So... use the Door at
the top of the ladder to go outside, then use the Ladder there to climb up on deck. Near the Airplane
you can get: a pair of Working Gloves, a
Measuring Instrument, and a Screwdriver.
Use the Plastic Cup on the Grease that is on the right-hand wheel of the
Airplane to obtain a Mug Of Grease. On the way back down, use the
Screwdriver to take apart the Lamp that is just to the right of the Door
outside. You manage to recover: a Lamp, a Lamp Holder,
and a Red Glass. Combine the Red Glass with the Mug Of
Grease (which is yellow), and now we have a Greased Glass (which is orange). Use the Greased
Glass on the Container to the left of the orange-coloured one, and a workman comes and tells the
crane operator that he forgot to unload one. Now we can access the orange Container's door :-)

The Container Door is sealed with a thin cable. Use the Threaded Bar
on the Container Door to open it, and examine the Part. Once again, I chose the difficult version of
the ensuing puzzle. If you need help, then it's here.
I numbered the pieces before you move them, and show you where they go in the puzzle in the panel
below that, with the last piece rotated and ready to go in. And that leads Nina to...

CERN, Switzerland
Get Max some clothes from the Bottom Wall Cupboard all the way over to the right, then examine the
Cooling Chamber to the left of Max. Michael Anderson is in there. Then a guard shows up, and that
leads to Nina's next dream sequence... keep going forward until you reach the end of the corridor,
and then open the Door. Nina is unconscious, with the doctor and Max standing over her. You get
control of Nina again in a post-apocalyptic setting.

Note the Guardian symbol on the wall just to the left of the door that Nina arrived through.
Pick up the Plush Toy. Then open the Car Door and use the Handbrake. Nina
pushes the Car off the Air Duct Grating. Take a
Stone from the Heap Of Stones across the street, and use it on the Shop Window.
Using two more Stones, you are able break the Shop Window and can now grab the
Camera that was behind it. Use the Camera to zoom in on the large skyscraper
Ruin in the middle of the screen. Nina spots another Guardian symbol there. Just then, a building
to Nina's right collapses, depositing a Balcony onto the street. Access the Balcony, and Nina
recovers an Iron Bar. You can use this item to remove the
Air Duct Grating, and now Nina can get into the subway tunnels.

As you enter the subway tunnels, take the Lady's Shoe just in front of
you, and also the Tablet PC. Use the Plush Toy on the Gasoline that is
dripping from the wrecked Bus above, and you now have a
Teddy Saturated In Gasoline. Go back topside, combine the
Teddy with the Iron Bar, and use the resulting combo on the Fire next to
your ransacked Shop Window. Now you have a Burning Teddy. Head back to
the subway, and use the Burning Teddy on the Gasoline. The ruined Bus falls down on top of the
Subway Car. Now access the bus Ruin to climb up to the street. Now you're up on a burning roof
with Flames shooting several metres high separating you from a Guardian across the way. But not
to worry. Access the Cable Roller, and you come away with a Steel Cable.
Use the Steel Cable on the Elevator wheel through the hole in the wall. Then tie the other end of
the Steel Cable to the Steel Cable that is running up to the Billboard. Now you can use the Hand
Wheel next to the Elevator wheel to pull the Billboard over the Flames. Nina runs across the
Billboard to speak to the Guardian and then... the doctor and Max revive her just in time. As Max,
access the Desk to get a Pen And Paper, and give it to Nina. She hands
you back a Note With Coordinates. Access the Computer Terminal behind you, use this item on the
Input Field, and hit the Search button. You wind up piloting a submarine just off Santorini...

You have control of Jane Cunningham here. First, have a look at the the Stone Figures all the way
over to the right. Looks like the letters above the figures represent the months of the year. Yup.
Note that the last one is missing. That would be 'D' for December. Now look at the Indian Ornaments.
It's a Relief Of Ganesh, and below it are some symbols. They form a pattern. Note that the 2nd
symbol from the left is missing from the 6th position, and the 4th symbol from the left is missing
from the last position. Now look at the Hieroglyphs. Hmm. Rows 1 and 3 are identical. Rows 2 and 4
are the same, except for a symbol in Row 2, and a Lion in Row 4. Rows 3 and 6 are identical, except
for an Ox in Row 3, and an Eye in Row 6. Finally, Rows 4 and 7 are identical, except for the Lion in
Row 4, and the symbol in Row 7. I'm betting it's the Lion symbol we're interested in, as this is the
only one that turned up more than once in the near-identical Rows. Now go to the Terminal, and use the
Buttons on the bottom to cycle through each column till you have a 'D' in the first column, the two
missing Indian symbols in the next columns, and the Lion symbol in the last column
(here is the solution if you're still stuck). The Button
to the right now gives you access to the Guardians' place.

Once inside the Guardians' place, Jane Cunningham uses a form of blackmail to make Nina figure out
a way to release the Deterrium from the Force Field. Walk all the way to the left, and look at the
Mural above the large Clock. Wow. It's Archimedes, Cleopatra, Menis Ra, Leonardo da Vinci, Max, Nina,
Jane Cunningham, and... the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. If Cunningham gets her hands on the
Deterrium, the Guardians have predicted the world will end! There are 8 symbols on the Clock: Mars
Symbol, Compass, Dagger, Venus Symbol, Paint Brush, Pistol, Skull, and Eye. Hmm. This one was a bit
difficult, not least because I thought the numbers on the outside of the clock were part of the puzzle.
But they aren't. The clue is in the direction the various figures' hands on the Mural are pointing. You
have to use a bit of trial and error, but here is the solution:

The first figure in the Mural is Archimedes, and his hand is pointing south. So move the Compass
all the way to the south.

Cleopatra is next. Move the Eye to point east.

Menis-Ra's hand is pointing to the SW, so point the Dagger there.

Point Leonardo da Vinci's Paint Brush to the west.

The Mars Symbol (Max) goes to the SE.

Point the Venus Symbol (Nina) north, straight up.

Jane Cunningham's Pistol goes to the NW.

And finally, the Four Horsemen are pointing to the NE, so point the Skull there.

The face of the Clock recedes. Head on in, and Nina speaks to the Guardian. Of course, the only
morally correct choice after that is:

Leave the force field on and save the world.

Even if you make this altruistic choice, Jane comes and clocks Nina, and takes the Deterrium
anyway :-( If you make the other choice, you have to solve a little slider puzzle before you can
de-activate the force field, but the eventual outcome is the same: Jane takes the Deterrium and legs
it. In either case, she leaves her Bag behind, and you can recover an Antidote from it to save Max.
Then Nina and Max make off in the escape pods, and confront Jane back at CERN.

CERN, Switzerland
Max heads on up to disable the power, leaving Nina with (a tied-up) Jane, and her Assistant in the
wheelchair. From the Ashtray next to the Work Area you can get a Cigar. Also, just
to the left of the Ashtray is a Drawer containing a remote controlled Model UFO.
From the Wastepaper Basket near the Door, you can obtain: some Poster Strips
and a Pencil. Now head out the Door, and the Assistant follows you. You can see
a Keycard on the Table that is in the corridor leading to the Data Center, but the alarm will be set
off if you go there. Access the Lab Coats, and you recover: a Key
With Lighter Key Ring, a Lipstick, and a Pocket
Mirror. Use the Key With Lighter Key Ring on the
Cigar to light it, then use that item on the Table next to the Control Center.
Now we can see the Laser Grid. Use the Poster Strips on the
Pocket Mirror to get a Pocket
Mirror With Poster Strips. Use this item on the Laser Grid, and a small section at the bottom of the
Grid is now disabled. Now use some Poster Strips on the Model UFO as well, and use this item on the
Table beyond the Laser Grid. Jane's Assistant agrees to pilot the Model UFO to retrieve the
Keycard from the Table. And now we switch over to Max.

As Max, trapped in the elevator by Dr. van Rijn, take the elevator
Keycard and use it to unscrew the Slab above. Take the resulting Exit,
then pick up the Metal Pin from the top of the elevator. When you try to use the
Ladder, the elevator starts plummeting downwards. Use the Metal Pin to jam the Guide Wheels, and the
elevator comes to a halt. Over to Nina again. Use the Keycard that
you retieved from the Table using the ModelUFO on the Console, and the Laser Grid disappears. Head for
the Data Center, but there are two Mercenaries guarding the door there. Note the Sprinkler System
nozzle that is right above the Mercenaries, then go Back and use the
Keycard to gain entry to the Hospital Ward. Use the
Key With Lighter Key Ring on the Top Wall Cupboard to unlock it,
and you recover: some Dressing Material, a bottle of
Disinfectant, a Laser Pointer, and a
Defibrillator. Now return to outside the Data Center, and use the
Laser Pointer on the Sprinkler System to set it off. One Mercenary leaves
to go sort out the problem. Use the Defibrillator on the Puddle to take
out the remaining Mercenary, then head into the Data Center.

Uh oh. They're cutting through the Door of the Data Center with a torch. Use the Walkie-talkie to
smash open the Fire Cabinet, and take the Fire Axe. Use it on the Pipe above the Door, and when the
Mercenary comes through the Door he gets taken out by the blast of steam and Nina picks up his Gun.
Over to Max again. Use the Ladder to climb down to the ground floor, and Max heads outside. Of course,
the Entrance to the Transformer Building is locked, and the Keycard won't open it. Use the Walkie-talkie
on Max to call Nina. They can open the Entrance remotely, but they need the identifier for its location
in order to do that. Look at the Lock on the Entrance, then use the Keycard
to unscrew the Cover. Examine the Identifier, then go Back and use the Walkie-talkie again to report
the number to Nina. Game over!*

*There are four possible endings, depending on the choice you made at Alcatraz regards helping
Cassandra, and the choice you made at the Guardians' place with the deterrium.